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Federal home energy rebate dollars are rolling out to states; when ...
WEBAug 28, 2024 · More than $8 billion flagged for home energy rebates in the Inflation Reduction Act is beginning to trickle out of federal coffers, but Tennessee residents will likely have to wait until the spring of 2025 to start applying for their chunk of change. Each state must shape its own plan to dole out the funding, […]
Tennessee law to let teachers carry guns in schools caused a …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · After the 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, for instance, families of the 19 victims sued police over the botched response, and also reached a $2 million settlement with the city, including the promise of higher standards and better training for local officers.In Oxford, Michigan, families of four high school students killed in a 2021 shooting there accused the school ...
Stockard on the Stump: Memphis replaces Nashville as legislative ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Sam Stockard. Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an award for being the state's best Sunday newspaper two years in a row. He has led the Capitol Hill bureau for The Daily Memphian.
Commentary: Four ways Tennessee’s new trust regulations benefit ...
WEBJul 30, 2021 · Tennessee’s national reputation as a leading state to establish and administer a trust took another step forward with the passage of several new regulations on May 12.
Chattanooga senator to appeal public records decision in …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an award for being the state's best Sunday newspaper two years in a row.
Expect Republicans and Democrats to compete in eight Tennessee …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · State Republicans and Democrat leaders hesitated to share their election plans, trying not to tip their strategy to the other party. Republican House Majority Leader William Lamberth of Portland said his caucus was …
Former Tennessee Gov. Winfield Dunn dies at 97
WEBSep 29, 2024 · Former Gov. Winfield Dunn, who in 1970 became the first Republican elected governor in more than 50 years, died Saturday at the age of 97. Gov. Bill Lee’s office announced Dunn’s death in a statement. “Governor Winfield Dunn was, simply put, a genuine statesman,” said Gov. Bill Lee. “He was a true servant of the people of Tennessee.
Report: more than $3B needed in next three years to repair …
WEBSep 19, 2024 · Tennessee needs more than $3 billion by 2027 to repair, replace and expand wastewater treatment systems as infrastructure crumbles and population increases, a state analysis released Wednesday found. The first-of-its-kind snapshot of Tennessee’s aging waste systems by the Tennessee Advisory ...
Appeals court revives girls' videoed sexual abuse lawsuits against ...
WEBMay 19, 2022 · A divided federal appellate court on Thursday resurrected a lawsuit filed against Metro Nashville Public Schools by the parents of two students who were sexually assaulted and videos of their attacks posted online in two different incidents at two different high schools. A two-judge panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down […]